Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will launch its 2017-18 season on Oct. 13 with a limited engagement of “Turn Me Loose” about the life and times of trailblazing comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory.

Despite civil rights laws, demonstrations and court cases won, racial discrimination is alive, well and kicking in the good ol' U.S. of A. And to make matters worse, it's thriving without being checked in the